BlackFin Capital Partners
Romain Grimal is a seasoned investment professional with extensive experience in the finance sector. Since January 2017, Romain serves as a Senior Investment Manager at BlackFin Capital Partners, following previous roles as Investment Manager, Senior Associate, and Associate. Prior to this, Romain worked at L'LIONE & Associés as a Junior Associate, specializing in M&A consultancy in industrial engineering and agrifood industries. Romain also has a background as a Venture Capital Analyst at XAnge Private Equity, where responsibilities included deal flow analysis and investment preparation. Earlier career contributions include roles as a Weekly Freelance Writer for Les Yeux du Monde with a focus on geopolitical topics, a Junior Consultant in Financial Communication at Havas Worldwide Paris, and a Junior External Auditor at Mazars Germany. Romain's early experiences also include a Country Manager position in Online Marketing at Groupon GmbH. Romain holds a Master of Science in Managerial and Financial Economics from HEC Paris.
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BlackFin Capital Partners
BlackFin Capital Partners is the leading pan-European Financial Services PE Platform. Our four founding partners: Laurent Bouyoux, Eric May, Bruno Rostain and Paul Mizrahi have worked together as senior executives and entrepreneurs in the financial industry for decades. Altogether the team consists of +35 experienced professionals from several nationalities. Our Buyout strategy invests in financial businesses across continental Europe with high-growth potential via organic growth or acquisitions. BlackFin targets asset-light businesses such as: asset management, institutional and retail brokerage, distribution of insurance and banking products, payments, debt management and collection, fund administration, business process outsourcing, financial technology providers and software editors. Our VC strategy focuses on FinTechs, InsurTechs and RegTechs. BlackFin operates as a controlling investor through majority or minority stakes alongside founders, managers or institutional investors, supporting management teams in taking their businesses to the next level. We transform our portfolio companies via organic growth, improving operating margins and through active buy and build strategies. Transactions have been executed in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Benelux, the Nordics, the Baltics and the UK from our three offices in Paris, Brussels and Frankfurt. BlackFin manages three growth/buyout funds: Fund I (€220m raised in 2011), Fund II (€400m raised in 2016), Fund III (€980m raised in 2019) and a venture fund dedicated to FinTechs, InsureTechs, RegTechs (€180m raised in 2018. We are proud to be backed by a broad and diverse base of global institutional investors. We are ardent believers in responsible investing, who incorporate ESG in our investment and monitoring processes and are a signatory of the UN-PRI. For more on our FinTech strategy, please visit https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/blackfintech/